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Philadelphia DA Charges Priests, Teacher In Sex Abuse Case
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – Three priests and a Philadelphia Catholic school teacher have been charged with raping and assaulting two young boys over the course of several years. A fifth man, a monsignor,...
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Local Catholics Demand Changes In The Church
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - Protesters surrounded the entrance to Basilica’s Saint Peters and Paul Sunday demanding the change they say the church is lacking. “Let’s not risk one more day of one more child...
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Defense Fights Charges In Philadelphia Priest Abuse Case
PHILADELPHIA (CBS/AP) — A defense request for a preliminary hearing to challenge charges several Philadelphia Archdiocesan priests sexually assaulted boys, and covered it up is delayed, in part,...
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Priest In Philadelphia Sex Abuse Case Will Be Allowed July 4th NJ Shore Visit
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – The sexual abuse and endangerment charges against three priests, a monsignor, and a lay teacher in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia are proceeding toward trial as the defendants...
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Judge Rules 5 Defendants In Priest Sex Abuse Case Will Be Tried Together
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – A Philadelphia judge has ruled on pre-trial motions, finding a Monsignor, three priests and a lay teacher charged with endangering and sexually abusing children will be tried...
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2012 Trial Date Set For Five Charged With Sex Abuse In Philadelphia Catholic...
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – A trial date has been set for a monsignor, three priests, and a lay teacher charged with endangering and sexually abusing schoolchildren in the Philadelphia Archdiocese. Jury...
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Lay Teacher Charged In Priest Sex Abuse Case To Stand Trial Separately
By Steve Tawa PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – One of the defendants in the priest abuse case will not stand trial with the others. At this point, a trial is scheduled in March for a high-ranking monsignor and...
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Judge Considers Allowing Evidence In Philadelphia Priest Child Sex Abuse Case
By Tony Hanson PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – Much of the case against five men (three priests, a monsignor and a lay teacher) in the priest sex abuse is private, because of a gag order, but today KYW Newsradio...
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Prosecutors: Archdiocese Financially Motivated To Cover Up Sexual Abuse By...
By Tony Hanson PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – The prosecution presents evidence of decades of what it calls “prior bad acts” it hopes to present in the clergy abuse trial. Authorities say this shows a pattern of...
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Jury Selection Begins Today In Priest Child Sex Abuse Case
By Tony Hanson PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – Jury selection begins today in the clergy abuse trial of Monsignor William Lynn, Father James Brennan and former priest Edward Avery, who was defrocked. The process...
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Jury Selection Delayed In Philadelphia Priest Sex Abuse Trial
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Jury selection has been delayed at least a day in the landmark priest sex-abuse trial of a longtime Roman Catholic church official in Philadelphia. Monsignor William Lynn is the...
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Prosecutors Plan To Show ‘Diocese-Wide Policy’ In Priest Sex Abuse Case
By Tony Hanson PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – While the unprecedented clergy abuse trial of former Monsignor William Lynn and two priests is set to begin Monday, the latest pre-trial hearing in the case makes...
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1 Defendant Pleads Guilty In Philadelphia Priest Sex Abuse Scandal
By Tony Hanson and Oren Liebermann PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — In a sudden turn of events, one of the defendants in the Philadelphia priest sex abuse scandal has decided to plead guilty. Unexpectedly this...
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Defense In Philadelphia Priest Sex Abuse Case Wants New Jury
By Tony Hanson PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — One day after a defendant in the Philadelphia clergy abuse case pleaded guilty, the attorneys for two co-defendants have asked for a new jury panel because, they...
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Trial For 2 In Philadelphia Priest Sex Abuse Case Gets Underway
By Tony Hanson PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — A trial began today in an unprecedented case of a priest charged with raping a boy and a monsignor charged with endangering children as part of what authorities say...
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Prosecutors Trace Paper Trail of Guilt In Philadelphia Priest Sex Abuse Trial
By Tony Hanson PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — The prosecution in the Philadelphia clerical child sex abuse case today presented potential “smoking gun” evidence as it tries to make its case against a Catholic...
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Victim Describes Sex Abuse By Philadelphia Priest Previously Named as Pedophile
By Tony Hanson PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Today was another day of disturbing and potentially devastating testimony in the clergy abuse case, as two victims of admitted predator priest Edward Avery describe...
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Prosecutors Say Philadelphia Monsignor Lied To Police During 2001 Sex Abuse...
By Tony Hanson PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — The prosecution in the Philadelphia clergy sex abuse case presented evidence today they say shows that one of the defendants, Msgr. William Lynn, lied to police...
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Philadelphia Priest Takes Stand In His Own Defense At Child Sex Abuse Trial
By Tony Hanson and Pat Ciarrocchi PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — There was high drama in a Philadelphia court room today, as one of the defendants in the Philadelphia priest sex abuse case took the stand in his...
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Philadelphia Monsignor Grilled on Witness Stand At Child Sex Abuse Trial
By Tony Hanson PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Philadelphia monsignor William Lynn, charged with child endangerment in connection with the Philadelphia priest sex abuse scandal, continued to face relentless,...
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